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Last reply Apr 5, 2017 · posted in DIRECTV General Forum

DirecTV 4K & "This HDMI input isn't compatible message"

I updated today to a DirecTV HR54 and 61K so I could finally test the waters with 4k programming. I have a Westinghouse - 50" WD50UC4300 4K TV (yes, I know it is cheap but I already got burned on the 3D revolution so I decided to go cheap until actual programming materializes)

We hooked up Genie 4K Mini to the TV, and at boot up got a message that said "This input isn't compatible with DirecTV 4K Service". I tried switching HDMI cables, rebooting the TV & receiver, etc and nothing would make it recognize 4K capability. It would tune the 4K channels, but I get the message that the TV doesn't support it and that it will be displayed in 1080p instead.

I went into the Video settings on the TV and saw no options that might help, except for one labeled "HDMI EDID". It was set on "Mode 1", so I changed it to "Mode 2". Now if I go into the Video output settings on the Genie Mini 4K is checked and it then says the TV is 4k compatible but when I try to view 4K programming the screen flashes white over the top half every second.

Here is a short YouTube video I took of it.

Does anyone have any ideas?

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Spike

Apr 1, 2017

It is not the new-ness that is the issue I am speaking of. The whole system is antiquated.

comp9

Apr 1, 2017

Spike said:
It is not the new-ness that is the issue I am speaking of. The whole system is antiquated.

Not sure how that is accurate either.. The Server/Client model is done by almost every company now

cp2k

Apr 1, 2017

Yes all were labeled high speed. Two were new in the packages. I've struggled to find specs too. I did see a 2.0a reference on one list, but haven't been able to find any references to HDCP compatibility. I would think if that was the issue I should just get the default HDCP error that other channels/boxes give on DirecTV shouldn't I? I've tried two of the three HDMI inputs. Maybe I should try HDMI3 just to say I've tried all three? For what it is worth this TV has issues with HDMI and DirecTV in general. With my 34 the audio was out of sync. You would hear it coming out of the TV speakers after you saw the mouths move on the TV screen. The same happens now with the 61. It didn't happen with the 34 connected via component though, just when connected his HDMI.

The bottom half of the picture and audio is fine on the 4k channels. You can see the top half too, just with the white "flashing" over the top half of the picture.

comp9

Apr 2, 2017

cpalmer2k said:
Yes all were labeled high speed. Two were new in the packages. I've struggled to find specs too. I did see a 2.0a reference on one list, but haven't been able to find any references to HDCP compatibility. I would think if that was the issue I should just get the default HDCP error that other channels/boxes give on DirecTV shouldn't I? I've tried two of the three HDMI inputs. Maybe I should try HDMI3 just to say I've tried all three? For what it is worth this TV has issues with HDMI and DirecTV in general. With my 34 the audio was out of sync. You would hear it coming out of the TV speakers after you saw the mouths move on the TV screen. The same happens now with the 61. It didn't happen with the 34 connected via component though, just when connected his HDMI.

The bottom half of the picture and audio is fine on the 4k channels. You can see the top half too, just with the white "flashing" over the top half of the picture.

Do you have this C61k connected to a HR34? But other than that I would return the TV if there is an issue with two different boxes

cp2k

Apr 2, 2017

comp9 said:
Do you have this C61k connected to a HR34? But other than that I would return the TV if there is an issue with two different boxes

No, connected to an HR54 now. Unfortunately I'm outside the return window, this was a "Black Friday" special so I'm not in it for much. I think I'm going to try testing a UHD Blu-Ray player with it to try to rule out the HDCP issue.

Spike

Apr 4, 2017

comp9 said:
Not sure how that is accurate either.. The Server/Client model is done by almost every company now

I stand by my remarks.

comp9 said:
Not sure how that is accurate either.. The Server/Client model is done by almost every company now

Due to my illness, I have to decide which battles I am willing to take on. This is not one of them. Have a great day.

mdram

Apr 5, 2017

comp9 said:
Not sure how that is accurate either.. The Server/Client model is done by almost every company now

i have never liked the server client, even when dish brought out original hopper

the new hs17 fails on so many levels. i cant understand why anyone with a genie and dvrs would ever switch to it

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Scott Greczkowski

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge

Last reply A moment ago · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Song Name Game Part 3!

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The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

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sdfntx

Today at 9:36 AM

Love Every Little Thing About You - Gallery

gms49ers

Today at 10:40 AM

Where's My Thing? - Rush

harshness

34 minutes ago

I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing - Aerosmith

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Bobby

22 minutes ago

Good Golly, Miss Molly - Little Richard

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A moment ago

Little Miss Dangerous - Ted Nugent

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dfergie

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU!

Last reply 16 minutes ago · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Gas Price Info With National Gas Temperature Map

Stumbled across this ... http://www.gaspricewatch.com/USGas_ZipSearch.asp
I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
Added these to this post...
USA National Gas Temperature Map
State By State Gasoline Taxes
Gas Buddy

Ethanol Free Stations

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harshness

Sunday at 11:30 AM

I wonder if California is getting into the Winter formula.

harshness

Yesterday at 5:32 PM

harshness said:
I wonder if California is getting into the Winter formula.

It turns out I was justified in my suspicion.

Gavin Newsom somehow authorized the temporary move of the distribution date of the Winter blend to September 28th.

Foxbat

Yesterday at 8:39 PM

harshness said:
It turns out I was justified in my suspicion.

Gavin Newsom somehow authorized the temporary move of the distribution date of the Winter blend to September 28th.

Does that raise, or lower, the overall price? Our State Government has been doing everything it can to minimize the impact of the current situation and put a freeze on the State Taxes on fuel sales at the pump. That's why we're still under $4.00/gal. while across the border in Michigan it's much higher.

Bobby

Yesterday at 9:05 PM

Foxbat said:
Does that raise, or lower, the overall price? Our State Government has been doing everything it can to minimize the impact of the current situation and put a freeze on the State Taxes on fuel sales at the pump. That's why we're still under $4.00/gal. while across the border in Michigan it's much higher.

Winter blend is cheaper than Summer blend.

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Bobby

21 minutes ago

Regular$5.839
Premium$6.299
Diesel$7.999
at Costco, Rohnert Park.

harshness

16 minutes ago

Foxbat said:
Does that raise, or lower, the overall price?

Winter blend is reportedly 10-30 cents cheaper, but I would point out that prices have dropped as much as 62 cents at RP.

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reubenray

23 minutes ago · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Dish vs Streaming Apps?

Every time my Dish contract comes up I weigh the options of keeping Dish or switch to streaming. Right now I can watch/record the OTA channels vis my HDHomerun. I also can stream CBS and NBC via the Paramount+ and Peacock apps. What I would need to find is how to watch the Food Network, HGTV, Syfy, USA, Hallmark channels, Great American Family, Lifetime channels plus a few more with an app or two. My current Dish bill is $118, so I should be able to get a few apps for a lot less.

Any suggestions? I would want the best picture quality and audio quality I could get.

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Former member 209992

Last reply 24 minutes ago · posted in SatelliteGuys Support Center

Site is slooooow

For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.

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Scott Greczkowski

Saturday at 3:21 PM

Ok checked it out and for some reason the web server (NGINX) tried starting before the DNS resolver fully loaded. This is why it worked when I rebooted the machine.

Thanks to ChatGPT it had me change the NGINX config to prevent this from happening again.

With that said I can't prevent the ISP from doing emergency upgrades which was the cause of all of this.

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navychop

Saturday at 3:39 PM

Nature will develop better idiots.

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TRG

Saturday at 4:19 PM

navychop said:
Nature will develop better idiots.

God help us.

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Scott Greczkowski

Monday at 11:15 AM

I guess this is what the downtime was about.

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Scott Greczkowski

24 minutes ago

Just a heads up... I just patched our PHP to close the major PHP exploit announced this morning.

Now on PHP 8.4.27 (cli) (built: Oct 20 2026 00:00:00)

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dishstaller

Pub Member / Supporter Lifetime Supporter

Last reply 24 minutes ago · posted in The Chit Chat Club

You can't even trust the cost per ounce info in grocery stores anymore

I'm surprised Walmart hasn't banned this guy from all of their stores. He has been on their CASE the past few months.

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f3zr37ekgKM?feature=share

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Jimbo

Today at 9:23 AM

dishstaller said:
I'm surprised Walmart hasn't banned this guy from all of their stores. He has been on their CASE the past few months.

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f3zr37ekgKM?feature=share

Walmart isn't the only one ...

Juan

25 minutes ago

dishstaller said:
I'm surprised Walmart hasn't banned this guy from all of their stores. He has been on their CASE the past few months.

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f3zr37ekgKM?feature=share

When walmart set a price...they weigh the container and the product...the product label only shows the weight of the product...I am sure if you brought your own plastic baggies to bring the product home you could get the cheaper price

harshness

24 minutes ago

Jimbo said:
Walmart isn't the only one ...

I've been seeing this more and more on Amazon. Sometimes it seems there is no way they could have arrived at the number.

What rankles me even more is Costco changing units of measure between similar products, so you have to convert them to compare prices.

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Gary Toma

Staff member Pub Member / Supporter Cutting Edge

Last reply Today at 10:40 AM · posted in DIRECTV Technical Resources Forum

DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 10/14/2026

The TPN Map Excel Presents all DIRECTV Channels:

National (50-States or wide/NAT+PR beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)

Additional tabs provide:

OTA the (Over-The-Air) Database
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders

Domestic Satellites
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8

Understanding the TPN Map

Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions

DIRECTV_TPN_Map_261014.xlsx 1,874 KB

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KyL416

Yesterday at 2:37 PM

WCWW/25 CW South Bend and WBKP/5 CW Marquette are now testing on the stream server. These are both already available on satellite.

Now live in the satellite guide:
663-2 PISTONS (663-1 is likely being reserved for an overflow feed of Detroit Sportsnet, if there's a 2027 MLB season)
675 THUNDER
693 CLIPPERS

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doctor J

Today at 7:22 AM

DirecTV Satellite Transponder Updates for Oct 21 2026

Comparison of Transponder Data for Oct 21 2026 vs Oct 14 2026:

No changes in system tables for any transponder tuning parameters.

Changes to the use of defined transponders:

1 Transponder cleared of all Streams::
Net 10 TID 126 Beam NAT is a National Transponder on D11@99cb, TPN 3

1 Previously unused Transponder with current APG records::
Net 15 TID 15 Beam NAT is a National Transponder on D12@103ca, TPN 16

Stream (PID) counts:

LIVE Streams	National		Spot Beams
	Count	Change	Count	Change
4K	4
HD	264	2	1449
SD mpeg4	145		194
SD mpeg2	433
RB
Audio	89
Push	26
Slate	19		1

TEST Streams	National		Spot Beams
	Count	Change	Count	Change
4K
HD			1
SD mpeg4
SD mpeg2
RB
Engr Work	38	-2

The PID count Excel workbook provides much more count detail.

Newly updated tables of Streams on each transponder are available in the DataDigesters TPN Grids

More details of changes in individual channels will follow in the Weekly Analysis
and Gary Toma's Domestic TPN Map Excel files

NBA Updates
Weekly Analysis soon
Enjoy
DataDigesters

doctor J

Today at 7:23 AM

weekly Analysis for 10/21/2026:

Weekly_Analysis_261021.xlsx 16 KB

KyL416

Today at 7:25 AM

HAWKS, HORNETS, GRZZLIES, HEAT, MAGIC, CAVLIERS, TWOLVES, BUCKS, PACERS and SPURS channels have also been added, however they are pointing to a TV Promise slate, which says they are working with DAZN and others to strike a deal for those teams.

Some more TPN swaps

Mr Tony

Today at 10:40 AM

KyL416 said:
HAWKS, HORNETS, GRZZLIES, HEAT, MAGIC, CAVLIERS, TWOLVES, BUCKS, PACERS and SPURS channels have also been added, however they are pointing to a TV Promise slate, which says they are working with DAZN and others to strike a deal for those teams.

Some more TPN swaps

Wait…..
So even though DAZN keeps touting 'only way to see games' if you are a subscriber to Choice (like my stepdad) if an agreement is reached he can see the Wolfies on 668?
I know the Wild are in dispute and a slate is on 668-1.

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Marques Brownlee

Today at 10:32 AM · posted in Marques Brownlee